26-year-old Kenyan L. Jones is facing charges of second degree murder and armed criminal action after he shot and killed another man (31-year-old Darnell D. Pearson) who was posing as a female prostitute on Christmas Eve.
According to court documents (obtained by the Kansas City Star):
Jones admitted paying to have sexual relations with Pearson believing that Person was a woman. Several hours later, Jones became aware that Pearson was a man.
Jones told police that he obtained a handgun and approached Pearson in the vicinity of East 46th Street and Troost Avenue. Jones chased Pearson to the entry of an apartment building in the 1000 block of East 43rd Street where, Jones said, he “popped him.”
Police found Pearson’s body at about 11:25 p.m. A witness who had called 911 told police she heard several shots and saw a man in a hoodie running from the scene and the victim lying in front of the apartment.
When police arrested Jones on East 43rd Street, west of Virginia Avenue, he was out of breath and wearing a hoodie-style shirt. A short distance away, police recovered a handgun and a hooded jacket with a cellphone containing video images of Jones.
[KCS]
